Cart2019-20 | Artists on the Rise
Feb 22, 2020
Joe Henderson Lab
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Original show description below.
Nora Stanley is a Bay Area-bred saxophonist and composer. Brought up around a variety of musical influences, she attended Berkeley High School and participated in conglomerate programs such as SFJAZZ High School All-Stars and Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble before moving to Ohio to study with Gary Bartz, Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson, and Dan Wall at Oberlin College and Conservatory.
She has shared the stage with such greats as Ambrose Akinmusire, Gary Bartz, Dayna Stephens, and Jerry Gonzalez, and performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, SFJAZZ Center, and internationally in Spain, Cuba, and Brazil.
Nora Stanley steps out in Berkeley and the bay (Berkeleyside)
Personnel
Nora Stanley alto & tenor saxophones
Luis Salcedo guitar
Omree Gal-Oz piano
Owen Clapp bass
Matt Buckner drums
Stanley is stepping forward as one of the Bay Area’s most exciting young players, combining a lush and muscular sound with an abiding interest in unusual melodic shapes.
Berkeleyside
Personnel
Nora Stanley alto & tenor saxophones
Luis Salcedo guitar
Omree Gal-Oz piano
Owen Clapp bass
Matt Buckner drums